Faker Fakerer, now that's an interesting guy right there. It's as if he believes tennis exists for him. Basel and Dubai to become fast-HC Grand Slams in 2018?

Oh the pain... Must be hurting real bad.

I hope every tourney speed up the court to expose that Croc Faker is one dimensional player who can win only on slow as molasses surface.

02-09-2017 04:19 AM

finishingmove

Re: "Speed up the courts and general court speed Thread"

Well, Wimbledon will remain slow because Andy Murray is part of the lobbying nations, and he has an advantage on slower courts. Not that he himself would ever request something like that. I believe it would be beneath him.

Faker Fakerer, now that's an interesting guy right there. It's as if he believes tennis exists for him. Basel and Dubai to become fast-HC Grand Slams in 2018?

02-09-2017 03:25 AM

FedvsNole

Re: "Speed up the courts and general court speed Thread"

if australia is medium-fast range then indian wells/miami should be medium. Then post grass it should be medium-fast through the rest of the year. I dont get why hard courts should ever be slow.

We have enough clay court slow tennis events. The rest of the year should be medium at best and grass needs to be faster than hard courts.

Will be sad if wimbledon is slower than aussie open.

02-09-2017 01:16 AM

tvradke

Re: "Speed up the courts and general court speed Thread"

Cahill was saying that the court speed in 2016 was about the same as 2017 in Australia. However the balls were changed in 2017 and these ones didn't fluff up quite as easily as the ones they used before. That was the change that helped the fast court players like Mischa Zverev do well here. It has been often said that fast courts disadvantage Nadal. To me that is simply not true. The low bouncing courts disadvantage Nadal but fast courts with high enough bounce work great for him. Faster courts reduce margin of error. So while someone like Roger can benefit from a quick court when he is playing well, when he is off his game, a quick court can hurt him as well. It is quite telling that AO17 was quicker than Wimbledon 16 and the difference in bounce is almost nothing. It is okay in my mind for Grass to not be super quick but really not okay for grass to have hard court like bounce.

02-09-2017 01:00 AM

educasian

Re: "Speed up the courts and general court speed Thread"

I don't think they should speed up all the courts. Some events, yes, but it's better that there is variety. And make them too fast and it could be very boring.